Lee Chadwick has got his focus back on training and diet and is intent on attaining his goals.

The Liverpool-based mixed martial arts star’s career looked to be on the up after a two year, eight fight unbeaten streak that coincided with some fine tuning of his grappling.

However he suffered a set-back when he came up against Romania’s Ion Pascu at this summer’s BAMMA Fight Night in July.

Chadwick was beaten via a unanimous decision which has forced him to go away and reassess his immediate goals.

It was a result that has left him angry, not with officials, but himself as he confesses to messing up his approach to the fight.

He said: “I made the weight far too late. I was lazy with my diet and I was far too tired.

“I just about made weight after they gave me an hour. I didn’t make weight until 6pm.

“I was in bed at 10pm shaking and being sick and I didn’t eat properly until the next day. When I fought I was a shell, I was angry with myself, but it gave me a kick up the arse.”

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When it came to the fight, Chadwick admits to being plodding in his approach which was ultimately his undoing.

He added: “I was tired, I couldn’t step the pace up and I didn’t have my usual power. If you notice between rounds the referee had to tell my corner to wipe me down.

“I was sweating so much that every time I tried to grab hold of Pascu, it was like holding a bar of soap. My body was wrecked for that fight.

“I don’t make excuses, but I would quite happily get him to fight me again.”

Chadwick is set to feature at BAMMA 17 this December, although an opponent is yet to be confirmed.

There are plenty of rumours as to who he will be fighting, although rumours of a challenge for Harry McLeman’s BAMMA Lonsdale British Middleweight title are premature with the latter currently injured.

Whoever, Chadwick faces he is hoping a win will be enough to entice Pascu into another bout with him and a chance for redemption.

He said: “Next time with Ion Pascu I think I will smash him standing up as well as on the floor.

“I never ask to fight someone again if they beat me fairly, but when I know I can do better that bothers me.”

He added: “When I fought (Nills) van Noord for the OMNAC world title, he beat me a few years back, I gave him everything, but technically I wasn’t good on the floor.

“When I moved teams and got better on the floor I wanted to fight him again and get some redemption (Chadwick beat van Noord via submission in their second fight).

Chadwick argues that his experience against Pascu taught him some valuable lessons that exceed that slip in discipline.

He said: “He is a high class striker and he caught me straight on the chin which didn’t bother me at all.

“However, it made me realise that I can stand toe to toe, I just need to tidy up my combinations. I haven’t stopped since the last fight, I have been boxing, Thai boxing and wrestling every day since. I just let my diet slip.”